Recorded January 23, 2006
Below is the original description of the event.
President-elect Michelle Bachelet will be the first female president in the history of Chile and the first female president elected purely on her own name and merits in South America. This means that the Concertación — the coalition of center-left parties that has governed since Chile’s return to democracy in 1990 — will be in power for four more years. And again, the right-wing opposition, after an initially strong performance, has fallen apart in the course of the election campaign. Who is Michelle Bachelet? What can we expect from her new government? Will the fact that she is a woman make a difference? What future is there for the opposition in Chile ? And what were the main themes and developments in the election campaign that led to Bachelet’s victory? This talk will provide some answers to these questions.